Governors budget will propose $200 million to assist small businesses

The budget includes aggressive economic development plans

LA CROSSE, Wis (WKBT) – Governor Evers announced his budget proposal will include funding to help businesses recover from the pandemic.

The budget includes aggressive economic development plans.

His proposal includes more than $200 million in assisting small businesses.

The governor also included more than $29 million for workforce development, and $100 million towards a new venture capital program.

These proposals are all part of Evers’ Badger Bounceback Agenda, aimed at helping the state’s economy rebound, rebuild, and recover.